My ears feel stuffy.

My ears feel like they're stuffed up.

I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed.

Attempts to investigate the cases had often led to dead ends, such as no information or investigation tabled .

The long term result of all this is oscillation between dialogue and deadlock, which has led to periods of uncertain engagement or heated confrontation.

So 1907 became a comforting mantra in times of financial stress a crisis cannot happen as long as the central bank understands the problem of liquidity.

In any case, with so little confidence in the financial system, and credit constrained by concerns about falling housing prices, the usual transmission channels from the policy rate have been blocked.

The lack of political prospects, in particular the impossibility of changing the situation through elections, posed a serious threat to the country and its future, leading the armed forces and the national security forces to decide unanimously to take corrective measures on 3 August 2005 to halt the country's dangerous slide.